KATZ v. KORONCHIK


369 Mass. 125 (1975)

338 N.E.2d 339

DAVID C. KATZ vs. SOPHIA KORONCHIK & others. (and two companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Berkshire.

December 1, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clement A. Ferris for the respondents.

David C. Katz, pro se.

Present: TAURO, C.J., REARDON, HENNESSEY, BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, & WILKINS, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

This case poses the question whether St. 1967, c. 114, amending G.L.c. 210, § 7, to preclude an adopted child from inheriting property of his intestate natural kindred, applies to a person adopted before that amendment went into effect. We conclude that G.L.c. 210, § 7, as amended in 1967, applies to a previously adopted child and that such an adopted child may not inherit from a natural relative who...

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